Soldering-iron



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM K. LEWIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOLDERlNG-IRON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,965, dated May 30, 1865.

.To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. LEWIS, o Boston, in the county 0I' Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new. and Iniproved Solderinglron; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which Will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an external view of my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved soldering-iron, designed more especially for hermetieally sealing cans, and for similar purposes in which a small iron is used.

The invention consists `in the employment or use of a shield applied to the implement in -such a manner as to prevent the radiation of heat therefrom and retard the cooling of the iron or, rather, copper, as well as to protect the operator from the heat thereof. j

A represents the Copperhead, which may be of cylindrical form and tapered at its outer end in pyramidal forni, as shown at a.

B is a rod attached to the copper head A, and having a wooden handle, U, on its end.

This rod B has a collar or shoulder, D, iipon it, with a packing. of india-rnbber or other material, placed against said shoulder. This shoulder D and packing E are within a nut, F, into which one end of a Cylindrical tube,

G, is screwed, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. This tube G entirely incluses the rod B anda greater or less portion of the copper A, as

may be desired. by turning the tube G so as WILLIAM K. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

ELBEIDGE C. CoMEY, ROBERT P. LONG. 

